Department of Research and Accountability

The department consists of four bureaus, each with defined responsibilities.   

Responsibilities include:

• Bureau of  Program Evaluation develops formative and/or summative evaluations of district wide educational programs.
• Bureau of   District Data Analyses  develops, publishes, and distributes descriptive and statistical information including school data summaries and special requests.
• Bureau of  Operations and Data Control designs, prepares, and maintains various data files and computer programs and serves as a data resource to the district, local, state, and federal entities.
• Bureau of  Student Performance and Accountability analyzes student performance data, produces district accountability system reports and data summaries, and responds to special requests for performance data.
• Bureau of Performance Analysis provides expertise, information, modeling, and performance analysis results to district policy makers to facilitate the decision-making process for locally funded programs.
  Responsible for the coordination of all local, state, and federally funded performance pay models and grants.
• Please Note: HISD has replaced Area Districts with  Regional Offices starting in July 2005.

For further information, please contact Research and Accountability at 713-556-6700.

You may also contact Research via e-mail at Research@houstonisd.org